Guard for a domestic range



Jan. 22, 1957 P, 1, PUGACH- 2,778,356

' GUARD FOR A DOMESTIC RANGE Filed April 24, 1952 INVENTOR.

PAUL I. P064 CH United States Patent GUARD FOR A DOMESTIC RANGE Paul I.Pugach, Englewood, N. J.

Application April 24, 1952, Serial No. 284,017

1 Claim. (Cl. 126-42) This invention relates to a device or guard forthe protection of children from accidental burns arising from contactwith the horizontal heating surface of a domestic range or from theoverturning of pots and pans on the heating surface.

It is an object of the instant invention to provide a guard which willdecrease the hazards to which children are frequently exposed in thehome.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in thecourse of the following specification.

In the attainment of the aforesaid objectives, the guard is slidablyinserted under the heating surface when not in use and is drawn outtherefrom and pivoted at 90 to the plane of the heating surface with oneedge thereabove when in the protective position.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsshowing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventiveconcept.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top view of the slidable guard attached to a range;

Figure 2 is a front view of the slidable guard and range shown in Figure1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view along III-III of Figure 2 but on anenlarged scale;

Figure 4 is a sectional view along IV-IV of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but with the guard moved to theprotective position.

In the slidable guard shown in Figures l-5, reference numeral 50indicates the range, and 51 the slidable guard.

The range 50 is of the gas burner type equipped with the four burners51a, 52, 53 and 54. The burner 51a, for example, may be controlled bythe cock 55 (Fig. 2), the burner 52. by the cock 56, the burner 53 bythe cock 57, and the burner 54 by the cock 58. The heating surface 12above the gas burners may be supported in a horizontal plane by thespaced parallel vertical end members 65 and 66 and a front member 72 anda back member.

The slidable guard 51 is constituted of the guide 60 and the guard 59.

The guide 60 may be substantially in the form shown in Figure 3 wherethe outwardly directed ends 61 and 62 are slidably inserted in thehorizontal slidways 63 and 64, respectively, the slideway 63 beingformed in the vertical end member 65 (Fig. 1) and the slideway 64 in thevertical end member 66. In the plane of the slideways but in the frontmember 72 is a horizontal slot 71 (Figs. 4 and 5).

The guard 59 is constituted of a substantially flat surface portionhaving a length less than the width of the heating surface and slidablyinserted through the horizontal slot 71. Along the inner edge and ateach side of the guard is the closed loop 67 which is secured around theguide 60 as most clearly shown in Figure 5. Thus, the guide 60 islongitudinally adjustable in the slideways 63 and 64 and the guard 59both rotatably and longitudinally adjustable on the guide and slidablethrough the slot '71. In the guard is a longitudinal slot 68 sopositioned that when the guard is erected in the protective position(Fig. 5), the cocks 55-58 controlling the gas burners will be exposed.

In operation, the guard 59 may, when not in use, be substantiallyconcealed in the range. When in use, the guard together with a portionof the guide is pulled out of the range to substantially the positionshown in Figure 5. When pulled out, the guide drawn by the guard will beat the outer end of the loop 67, that is the reverse of the positionshown in Figure 5. However, when withdrawn the guard is free from theslot 71 and can be rotated on the guide until the front edge 69 rests onthe buttons 70 and the end of the loop 67, that is the inner edge orback of the guard protrudes above the plane of the heating surface asillustrated.

Obviously, the guard 59 could be made in two hinged portions (not shown)with the back portion remaining under the heating surface and with thefront portion when withdrawn rotated at an angle of to the plane of theback portion to protrude above the plane of the heating surface. If thehinged portions are slidably inserted above the cocks no longitudinalslot 68 to expose the cocks will be necessary while if slidably insertedbelow the cocks such slot will be required.

While there is above disclosed but one form of the guard, it is possibleto produce still other forms without departing from the inventiveconcept herein disclosed, and it is desired therefore that only suchlimitations be imposed on the appended claim as is stated therein.

What is claimed is:

In a range having a heating surface supported in a horizontal plane byspaced parallel end members and a front member secured alongcorresponding edges, the end members having aligned horizontal slidwaysformed therein and the front member having a horizontal slot in theplane of the slideways; the improvements comprising a guide slidablydisposed in each slideway, a guard slidably disposed through thehorizontal slot in the front member and between the slideways, saidguard having a depth less that the depth of the heating surface, hingedmeans for securing the inner edge of each side of said guard to oneguide, and means for releasably maintaining the guard in a planesubstantially perpendicular to the plane of the heating surface with oneedge protruding thereabove when withdrawn from the slideways.

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